Multiple bodies found in exhumed Salem, Ill., grave

Salem exhumation uncovers unexpected remains from 1971 train disaster

The discovery of several bodies in a Salem cemetery may alter the known history of the 1971 train derailment.

Multiple bodies found in exhumed Salem, Ill., grave

SALEM, Ill. - In an effort to identify an unknown train wreck victim, Salem, Illinois, has instead uncovered a new mystery.  For 54 years, an unidentified victim of a 1971 train wreck lay at rest in a Salem cemetery. But Henry Morton, a Mizzou student and Salem native, and the city of Salem teamed up to exhume the body in hopes that new DNA testing could help give this person a name. However, what they dug up was completely unexpected.  "It's re…